GAME PROGRAMMER/
DESIGNER

The Arena of Providence and the Sandwich of Destiny

"In order to build a sandwich, you must fight the gods..."

This was the second Virtual Reality game that I developed with a partner (Nick Maclean). This game allowed me to mess with VR Combat, especially with Melee Combat. I was able to create a Melee Combat Template that is quite robust with little setup required.

The Loneliest Game of Pong of All Time

"The only game where you spend the entire game playing with yourself, by yourself. Bask in your utter loneliness and solitude with this game of ping pong."

This was my first foray into Virtual Reality Games and it was a wonderful experience. I was able to create a custom physics based character controller and duplicated it to be the second player. Essentially, both character controllers were the same, but the second player was just a mirror of the first player.

The Untitled Tavern

"Fleeing a haunting past, terrifying creatures, and the encroaching darkness, you're recruited by a tavern keeper to safeguard his establishment. Will you defend the patrons and your employer, or meet your demise in their midst?" .

This was the first game that I developed myself and I really enjoyed working on it. I took it through all the stages of development from Pre-Production, Alpha, Beta, and Content-Lock. I basically experimented with doing project management on my own, and consequently, learnt how to space out projects properly.

Ghost House

"Navigate the labyrinth of grief as the departed family member in a narrative puzzle game where healing begins with every shattered piece."

This was the first game that I developed for The University of Texas at Dallas Game Production Course. I worked with a team of developers and was mainly in charge of developing a Custom Event System that did not live in scene but actually lived in the project files, allowing assets to communicate with assets in other scenes without being active in the game. On top of that, I was tasked with creating the Player Movement System which allowed for both keyboard movement in an isometric game, but also a mouse-based dragging movement system that also worked with isometric views.

Tobor Quest

"Race against time as you deliver food, all while a the behest of people far wealthier and far more well-fed than you!!"

This is the second game that I developed for UT Dallas. ToborQuest is a time trial racing game where the goal is to deliver food from the start of the level to the end of the level. For this project I was mostly in charge of backend systems designing/programming. Most of my work was not in the visual department. I created the Fracture System that would cause objects to shatter upon a certain amount of force being exerted on them. I also created a Dialogue System that allowed for skipping of dialogue, editor tools for creating dialogue that were very designer friendly, and dialogue box animations with a tweening library.

Death Bloom: Arveado's Final Chapter

"Step into the shadows of a twisted mind, where darkness reigns and secrets lurk, in this chilling first-person horror puzzle game that will haunt your every move."

This is the third game, I made for the UT Dallas Game Lab Course. This was actually the first game where we had to work with the Unreal Game Engine. Needless to say, this brought forth many challenges as we had to come to terms with the systematic differences between Unity's Prefabs and Unreal's Blueprints. Another problem we had to overcome was using Github for Version Control. Anyone who has ever worked with Unreal knows that using Github for version control is akin to trying to stuff a tiger into a fish tank.

For this project, I worked on the Artificial Intelligence of the enemy. Using Unreal's Blackboard and Behavior Tree System, I was able to create a complex AI that was-for a few parts of production- genuinely too smart. Due to this, I also created a much less intelligent AI that could easily be molded to fit the current level's requirements. This was also my first time as a UI/UX programmer as well.

Crystal Crusade

"Enter the battleground of strategy and skill, where every move is a calculated strike and every piece is a weapon in this intense board game that turns chess into a bigger warzone than Monopoly."

This was the first board game I made. It is a recreation of chess with more Warlike Mechanics where each player is meant to steal a crystal from another player and guard it to win.

Speed Racer

"Embark on a high-stakes race across the checkered battlefield, where cunning strategy and lightning-fast tactics determine victory in this exhilarating board game that transforms the chessboard into a thrilling racetrack."

This is my second board game that utilizes various Randomness Mechanics to create a Resource-Gathering Non-Kinetic Game. This basically means that the players cannot directly damage/hurt each other's progress and must only be able to improve their own progress in some way. An example of a non-kinetic game is Settlers of Catan (although the robber mechanic does somewhat defeat the definition of a non-kinetic game)

D&D Travel Game

"Travel across entire worlds in this Board Game Supplement to Dungeons and Dragons: 5th Edition"

With the help of Zee Bashew's Board Game Idea, I made a Dungeons and Dragons Board Game that makes travel much more interesting.

The Oxygen Game

"Trapped in space and with almost no oxygen left to return to your ship, you and your crew can either engage in the most dangerous example of altruism or self-centered survival! The choice is yours...but can you live with it..."

This was a game that I developed as a Psychological Test. In the game, PVP is non-existent, however players have oxygen as a resource that they can use to help themselves or help others

D&D Army Warfare Module

"Raise your armies, wage tremendous wars, plunder and pillage other nations, and maybe sometimes realize that you absolutely forgot to train enough foot soldiers!"

This is a module for Dungeons and Dragons: 5th Edition that I wrote. I wrote it to fit around the fantasy table top role playing game, while also adding several mechanics for armies of various types and army combat. Not only does the module include mechanics for the large-scale battle, itself, but it also includes mechanics on how to raise/train an army, as well.